Humanoid robots Robotainment

摘要

The field of humanoid robots is currently overwhelming. Therefore it is necessary to give an overview by arranging these robots in groups. Until now there was only a first trial from the commercial side in 4 categories (Professional, Amateur, Toy and Cost Oriented Robots). The present work tries to propose a meaningful classification of actually available humanoid robots being stable at least for some time from a technological viewpoint. Four groups are generated according to their main tasks Robotainment ("Fluffy"), Infosistance ("Hero"), Rescue ("Buddy") and AI ("Mr.Brain"). These sample groups involve 14 species, which are presently available and produced by some Universities and Companies. Exemplarily they are classified into the given groups. Further developments associated with artificial intelligence might merge those groups, still keeping the main orientation of their aims. This might be seen as the limitations of (any) today's classification of humanoid robots. Based on the results some "Cost Oriented Humaoid Robots – COHR" can be identified and compared. Finally ethical and social aspects of humanoid robots will be outlined and discussed.